Tag Archive: Surcharge

In 1885 the people of Ceylon could have been forgiven for being confused with respect to the Postal Service. Postal rates had been changed and the postal authorities showed a lack of foresight in estimating the need for particular denominations. Provisionals were ordered from the London printers De La Rue but these were delayed. Further …

In May of 1946 the Belgian postal authority authorised a reduction in the postal rates paid at the time. A typographed surcharge was applied to the governments supply of the 1Fr.50¢, 2Fr. and 5Fr. stamps. As for the local post offices they were authorised to apply handstamps with the ‘-10%’ reduction on site. Hundreds of …